#4A6EA9#4A6EA9

#4A6EA9 is a mid, moderate blue. Relative luminance 0.155; OKLCH L 53.8% C 0.102 H 259.9°. Best body text is #FFFFFF at 5.13:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#4A6EA9
RGB	rgb(74, 110, 169)
HSL	hsl(217, 39%, 48%)
HSV	hsv(217, 56%, 66%)
CMYK	cmyk(56.2%, 34.9%, 0%, 33.7%)
CIE-LAB	lab(46.27, 5.10, -35.51)
CIE-LCH	lch(46.27, 35.87, 278.17°)
OKLab	oklab(53.83% -0.0179 -0.1003)
OKLCH	oklch(53.83% 0.102 259.9)
XYZ	xyz(15.5589, 15.4710, 39.6947)
Luminance	0.1547 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	blue

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#4A6EA9 #A9854A

analogous

#4A9EA9 #4A6EA9 #554AA9

triadic

#4A6EA9 #A94A6E #6EA94A

tetradic

#4A6EA9 #A94A9E #A9854A #4AA955

square

#4A6EA9 #A94A9E #A9854A #4AA955

split-complementary

#4A6EA9 #A9554A #9EA94A

monochromatic

#253754 #37527E #4A6EA9 #708EC0 #9AB0D3

Accessibility & contrast

On white

5.13

#4A6EA9 on #FFFFFF

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

4.09

#4A6EA9 on #000000

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#FFFFFF on #4A6EA9

5.13:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##4A6EA9	#FFFFFF	#000000	##FFFFFF
##4A6EA9	1.00	5.13	4.09	5.13
#FFFFFF	5.13	1.00	21.00	1.00
#000000	4.09	21.00	1.00	21.00
##FFFFFF	5.13	1.00	21.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#5672AB

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#4A6AA8

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#0A7B83

Achromatopsia (no color)

#6E6E6E

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #4a6ea9;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(74, 110, 169);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(53.8% 0.102 259.9);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#8397c3',
    500: '#4a6ea9',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #4a6ea9;
$custom-light: #8397c3;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#4a6ea9",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 74,
    "g": 110,
    "b": 169
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 217.263,
    "s": 39.095,
    "l": 47.647
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.53825,
    "c": 0.10188,
    "h": 259.9
  },
  "luminance": 0.15472
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#4A6EA9

secondary

#BFAD8F

accent

#A259CF

background

#F8F9FC

surface

#EFF2F8

border

#CACCD1

text

#0B0D12

muted

#7C7E81

Preview Lab

Preview with #4A6EA9

Body copy rendered with the generated semantic roles for this colour.

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